Manning's n range

I. Closed Conduits:
A. Concrete Pipe.....................................................................................0.011 - 0.013
B. Corrugated-metal pipe or pipe arch:
1. 2-2/3 by 1/2 in corrugation (riveted pipe):
a. Plain or fully coated.........................................................................0.024
b. Paved invert (ranged values are for 25% and 50% of circumference paved):
(1) Flow full depth..............................................................0.021 - 0.018
(2) Flow 08 depth...............................................................0.021 - 0.016
(3) Flow 06 depth...............................................................0.019 - 0.013
2. 6 by 2-in corrugation (field bolted).........................................................0.030
C. Cast-iron pipe, uncoated.................................................................................0.013
D. Steel pipe ......................................................................................0.009 - 0.011
E. Monolithic concrete:
1. Wood forms, rough.....................................................................0.015 - 0.017
2.    Wood forms, smooth...................................................................0.012 - 0.014
3. Steel forms..................................................................................0.012 - 0.025
F. Cemented rubble masonry walls:
1. Concrete floor and top................................................................0.017 - 0.022
2. Natural floor................................................................................0.019 - 0.025
II. Open Channels, Lined (straight alignment):
A. Concrete with surfaces as indicated:
1. Formed, no finish........................................................................0.013 - 0.017
2. Trowel finish...............................................................................0.012 - 0.014
3. Float finish..................................................................................0.013 - 0.015
4. Float finish, some gravel on bottom...........................................0.015 - 0.017
5. Gunite, good section...................................................................0.016 - 0.019
6. Gunite, wavy section...................................................................0.018 - 0.022
B. Concrete, bottom float finished, sides as indicated:
1. Dressed stone in mortar..............................................................0.015 - 0.017
2 Random stone in mortar..............................................................0.017 - 0.020
3. Cement rubble masonry..............................................................0.020 - 0.025
4. Cement rubble masonry, plastered..............................................0.016 - 0.020
5. Dry rubble (riprab)......................................................................0.020 - 0.030
C. Gravel bottom, sides as indicated:
1. Formed concrete..........................................................................0.017 - 0.020
2. Random stone in mortar..............................................................0.020 - 0.023
3. Dry rubble (riprap)......................................................................0.023 - 0.033
D. Asphalt
1. Smooth ...................................................................................................0.013
2. Rough ...................................................................................................0.016
 E. Concrete-lined excavated rock:
1. Good section...............................................................................0.017 - 0.020
2. Irregular section..........................................................................0.022 - 0.027
III. Open Channels, Excavated (straight alignment, natural lining):
A. Earth, uniform section:
1. Clean, recently completed...........................................................0.016 - 0.018
2. Clean, after weathering...............................................................0.018 - 0.020
3. With short grass, few weeds.......................................................0.022 - 0.027
4. In gravelly soil, uniform section, clean.......................................0.022 - 0.025
B. Earth, fairly uniform section:
1. No vegetation..............................................................................0.022 - 0.025
2. Grass, some weeds......................................................................0.025 - 0.030
3. Dense weeds or aquatic plants in deep channels........................0.030 - 0.035
4. Sides clean, gravel bottom..........................................................0.025 - 0.030
5. Sides clean, cobble bottom.........................................................0.030 - 0.040
C. Dragline excavated or dredged:
1. No vegetation..............................................................................0.028 - 0.033
2. Light brush on banks...................................................................0.035 - 0.050
D. Rock:
1. Based on design section..........................................................................0.035
2. Based on actual mean section:
a. Smooth and uniform............................................................0.035 - 0.040
b. Jagged and irregular.............................................................0.040 - 0.045
E. Channels not maintained, weeds and brush uncut:
1. Dense weeks, high as flow depth................................................0.080 - 0.120
2. Clean bottom, brush on sides......................................................0.050 - 0.080
3. Clean bottom, brush on sides, highest stage of flow...................0.070 - 0.110
4. Dense crush, high stage...............................................................0.100 - 0.140
IV. Channels & Swales w/Maintained Vegetation (Values shown are for velocities of 2 & 6 f.p.s.):
A. Depth of flow up to 0.7 foot:
1. Bermudagrass, Kentucky bluegrass, buffalograss
a. Mowed to 2 inches...............................................................0.045 - 0.070
b. Length 4-6 inches................................................................0.050 - 0.090
2. Good stand, any grass:
a. Length about 12 inches........................................................0.090 - 0.180
b. Length about 24 inches........................................................0.150 - 0.300
3. Fair stand, any grass:
a. Length about 12 inches......................................................0.0800 - 0.140
b. Length about 24 inches......................................................0.1300 - 0.250
B. Depth of flow 0.7 - 1.5 feet:
1. Bermudagrass, Kentucky bluegrass, buffalograss
a. Mowed to 2 inches...............................................................0.030 - 0.050
 b. Length 4-6 inches................................................................0.040 - 0.060
2. Good stand, any grass:
a. Length about 12 inches........................................................0.070 - 0.120
b. Length about 24 inches........................................................0.100 - 0.200
3. Fair stand, any grass:
a. Length about 12 inches........................................................0.060 - 0.100
b. Length about 24 inches........................................................0.090 - 0.170
V. Street and Expressway Gutters:
A. Concrete gutter, troweled finish.....................................................................0.012
B. Asphalt pavement:
1. Smooth texture........................................................................................0.013
2. Rough texture..........................................................................................0.016
C. Concrete gutter with asphalt pavement
1. Smooth ...................................................................................................0.013
2. Rough ...................................................................................................0.015
D. Concrete pavement:
1. Float finish...............................................................................................0.014
2. Broom finish............................................................................................0.016
E. For gutters with small slope, where sediment may accumulate,
increase above values of x by.........................................................................0.002
VI. Natural Stream Channels:
A. Minor streams (surface width at flood stage less than 100 feet):
1. Fairly regular section:
a. Some grass & weeds, little or no brush...............................0.030 - 0.035
b. Dense growth of weeks, depth of flow materially
greater than weed height......................................................0.035 - 0.050
c. Some weeks, light brush on banks.......................................0.035 - 0.050
d. Some weeks, heavy brush on banks....................................0.050 - 0.070
e. Some weeks, dense willows on banks.................................0.060 - 0.080
f. For trees within channel with branches submerged at
high stage, increase all above values by .............................0.010 - 0.020
2. Irregular sections, with pools, slight channel meander; increase
values given in 1 a-e about..........................................................0.010 - 0.020
3. Mountain streams, no vegetation in channel, banks usually steep,
trees and brush along banks submerged at high stage:
a. Bottom of gravel, cobbles and few boulders.......................0.040 - 0.050
b. Bottom of cobbles, with large boulders...............................0.050 - 0.070
B. Flood plains (adjacent to natural streams):
1. Pasture, no brush:
a. Short grass...........................................................................0.030 - 0.035
b. High grass............................................................................0.035 - 0.050
2. Cultivated areas:
 a. No crop................................................................................0.030 - 0.040
b. Mature row crops.................................................................0.035 - 0.045
c. Mature field crops................................................................0.040 - 0.050
3. Heavy weeds, scattered brush.....................................................0.050 - 0.070
4. Light brush and trees:
a. Winter..................................................................................0.050 - 0.060
b. Summer................................................................................0.060 - 0.080
5. Medium to dense brush:
a. Winter..................................................................................0.070 - 0.110
b. Summer................................................................................0.100 - 0.160
6. Dense willows, summer, not bent over by current......................0.150 - 0.200
7. Cleared land w/ tree stumps, 100-150 per acre:
a. No sprouts............................................................................0.040 - 0.050
b. With heavy growth of sprouts..............................................0.060 - 0.080
8. Heavy stand of timber, a few down trees, little undergrowth:
a. Flood depth below branches................................................0.100 - 0.120
b. Flood depth reaches branches..............................................0.120 - 0.160
C. Major streams (surface width at flood stage more than 100 ft.):
Roughness coefficient is usually less than for minor streams of similar description
on account of less effective resistance offered by irregular banks or vegetation on banks.
Values of n may be somewhat reduced. Follow recommendation in publication cited if
possible. The value of n for larger streams of most regular section, with no boulders or
brush, may be in the range of.............................................................0.028 - 0.033